Driver to challenge charges in fatal Gooram crash

By Monique Preston

Aug 19, 2024

A driver charged over a fatal crash at Gooram last year, where a Shepparton man died, plans to challenge the charges against him.

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Abdul Fatah Faizi, 51, of Shepparton, is charged with dangerous driving causing death, careless driving and driving dangerously.

The charges relate to a single-vehicle crash where the duel-cab ute Mr Faizi was driving left Euroa-Mansfield Rd and went down a 10m embankment near Ridge Rd about 10.15pm on July 9, 2023.

Shepparton man Eid Mohammad Enam Khail, 59, was flown to hospital in a critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead.

Mr Faizi was only charged over the crash on April 27 this year — more than nine months after it occurred.

In court on August 13, Mr Faizi’s defence counsel asked that she be able to cross-examine witnesses in the case — in particular, a passenger about discussions that had been had about conditions of the road and the weather “that related to driving slowly”.

The matter has been set down for a one-day committal hearing in December.

The committal allows Mr Faizi’s defence counsel to test the evidence in the case.